The JNR steam locomotive Type 9600 belonged to Nishi-Maizuru Engine Depot (currently Nishi-Maizuru Operation Section of Kitakinki Tango Railway); others belonged to Toyooka Engine Depot (currently Toyooka Railway Division of JR West), with the operation of cargo trains assigned to Nishi-Maizuru Section and that of passenger trains to Toyooka Section.
国鉄9600形蒸気機関車は、西舞鶴機関区（現・北近畿タンゴ鉄道西舞鶴運転区）所属、他は豊岡機関区（現JR西日本豊岡鉄道部）所属（貨物列車は西舞鶴区、旅客列車は豊岡区の担当だった）