between Otaru and , where they were a popular tourist and railfan attraction until 1971. The last examples in regular service were withdrawn in 1973.

A C62 locomotive, C62 17, broke the speed record for a narrow-gauge steam locomotive on 15 December 1954 when it reached on the Tokaido Main Line. This locomotive was preserved in a park in Nagoya, and later moved to the SCMaglev and Railway Park in