 As of 2014, C57 1 was operated by JR West and based at Shimonoseki Depot.As of 2018, it makes regular runs on the Yamaguchi line between Shin-Yamaguchi and Tsuwano The service was suspended following the July 2018 heavy rains, with C57 1 making guest appearance as the leisure train locomotive at the Kyoto Railway Museum during the forced break.The service is set to resume at the end of September 2018.