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JR West class 113 routes/services

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Does anyone know which routes/services the JR West class 113 trains operate on?

Japanese Wikipedia suggests:
  • Maizuru Line
  • San'in Main Line (between Ayabe and Kinosaki Onsen)
  • Miyafuku Line on a handful of evening limited stop trains
  • Between Himeji and Mihara on the Sanyo Main Line
  • Between Kurashiki and Bitchu - Takahashi on the Hakubi Line
  • Ako Line (one round trip between Aioi and Banshu-Ako)
Does anyone know whether this information is (still) correct? And if so, is there any easy way of working out which diagrams they're on, for example which of the two hourly Maizuru trains are class 113 operated and which are run using the more modern units?

Are there any other old units worth seeing in the Kyoto area, or around Hiroshima or Nagasaki?

Thanks!

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An update:

On arrival at Ayabe on the Hashidate limited-stop train from Kyoto, I discovered that there was a class 113 waiting in the adjacent platform, working a stopper to Fukuchiyama. I decided to get on it and it was very retro.

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There may have also been one on the Maizuru line but I didn't wait around to find out.
 
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