In 1997, the Austrian State Railways decided from which engine factory would the new locomotives come from. From Adtranz, Alsthom and Siemens, the winner was Siemens who won the  tender to design a new electric locomotive. Siemens and Krauss-Maffei delivered the ingredients, and the engines were made in the machine shops of the ÖBB. The production was divided in three parts; in 1997 50 one-system (1016) and 25 two-system (1116) engines were ordered by the ÖBB. In 1999 another 100 two-system Taurus were ordered by ÖBB. In July of 2000  the Austrian State Railways ordered 225 machines, so there are now about 400 machines of the Taurus on the Rails.

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