Recommended as a towing machine of the regular train and express train that tow the old-form passenger car in 1965 (1965), when the sleeper express “Yuzuru” connecting Ueno and Aomori was newly established, it is the district of the district that was responsible for the towing between Hira (current: Iwaki) and Sendai. C62 that was active in the train in the Tohoku and Joban direction was a figure that kept the original form relatively. In 1967 (1967), The 23rd unit belonging to hira engine district (manufactured by Kawasaki car) is a prototype. And side light, which is a feature of the Joban-shaped, the reverse machine without the cover, the charcoal expansion plate of the tender, the cab with a high side license plate position, the smoke chamber door with the lower stay, the head mark st.