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.
By 1987, eight locomotives from the class were still in service with JNR at the time of its split into separate JR Group companies, and ED62 17 was repainted into the new JR Freight scheme soon afterwards.