 It was also not uncommon to see ED62s close to Tokyo when they worked to Shin-Tsurumi Depot for examinations.Eight members of the class were still in service in 1987 when JNR was split into separate JR Group companies, and ED62 17 was repainted into the new JR Freight livery shortly after.When freight operations ceased on the Iida Line in 1997, the remaining locomotives were placed in storage before finally being withdrawn in 2002.

, two Class ED62 locomotives were preserved.