Railway or tramway locomotives, rolling stock and track fixtures; traffic signaling equipment

The 9 headings of chapter 86

• 8601: Rail locomotives powered from an external source of electricity or by electric accumulators (batteries) (2 codes, General duty Free)
• 8602: Other rail locomotives; locomotive tenders (2 codes, General duty Free)
• 8603: Self-propelled railway or tramway coaches, vans and trucks, other than those of heading 8604 (2 codes, General duty 5%)
• 8604: Railway or tramway maintenance or service vehicles, whether or not self-propelled (for example, workshops, cranes, ballast tampers, trackliners, testing coaches and track inspection vehicles) (1 code, General duty 2.9%)
• 8605: Railway or tramway passenger coaches, not self- propelled; luggage vans, post office coaches and other special purpose railway or tramway coaches, not self- propelled (excluding those of heading 8604) (1 code, General duty 14%)
• 8606: Railway or tramway freight cars, not self-propelled (6 codes, General duty 14%)
• 8607: Parts of railway or tramway locomotives or rolling stock (21 codes, General duty Free to 3.9%)
• 8608: Railway or tramway track fixtures and fittings; mechanical (including electro-mechanical) signaling, safety or traffic control equipment for railways, tramways, roads, inland waterways, parking facilities, port installations or airfields; parts of the foregoing (1 code, General duty 3.8%)
• 8609: Containers (including containers for the transport of fluids) specially designed and equipped for carriage by one or more modes of transport (1 code, General duty Free)

Where it sits in the schedule

Chapter 86 is in Section XVII of the Harmonized System, vehicles, aircraft and vessels (chapters 86 to 89). Rates are those printed in the 2026 HTS Revision 23; Chapter 99 duties (Section 232, Section 301, IEEPA) are charged on top and are not included.