In the course of preparing for the planned EXPO world exhibition in 1995, ÖBB also considered using trains with coach body tilting capability within Austria; however, this project was not realized.

Tanzania Railways plans to use the locomotives on the standard-gauge line from Dar es Salaam to Morogoro,[6][7] with one of them reaching 160 km/h while on trial runs.

[8] Unit 001, which was parked at the ÖBB Linz depot after its withdrawal, was sold to a scrap dealer in 2022 and subsequently broken up.

The 1014 series locomotives are equipped with SGP-VT 1014 R bogies and monobloc wheelsets with ABB hollow shaft drive.

The main frame, locomotive body and driver's cabs (= bridge, welded and of lightweight steel construction) are carried by the two coupled bogies.

The spacious driver's cabs have air conditioning and large windows that provide a good view.

The roof is of lightweight aluminum construction and is divided into three removable bays - these make it easy to replace equipment in the engine room.

All the locomotives were delivered painted traffic red (side surfaces and front circulation), white (driver's cabs, decorative strips and ÖBB logo) and umbra gray (window glasses, frames and bogies).

By radially adjusting the wheelsets, these enabled increased curve speeds with a maximum lateral acceleration of 1.6 m/s², and both locomotives were also around 8 tons lighter than their sister models.

[9][better source needed] In 2014, the Austrian Court of Audit criticized the purchase of the 1014 series locomotives as a bad buy.

Attempts to sell the locomotives were unsuccessful for a long time and the Court of Auditors described the sales process as “unstructured and unsystematic”.