These engines commonly operated as freight trains on the former JNR/JR Miyazu Line (the present day KTR Miyazu Line) and the Maizuruko Line, a line exclusively for freight transportation that connected Nishi-Maizuru Station with Maizuruko Station (formerly Umi-Maizuru Station) and ceased operating on March 14, 1985.
宮津線（現・北近畿タンゴ鉄道宮津線）及び、舞鶴港線（西舞鶴駅から舞鶴港駅（旧・海舞鶴駅）を結んだ貨物専用線・1985年（昭和60年）3月14日で廃止）と貨物列車で共通運用された。