The DRG Class E 16 were German electric locomotives in service with the Bavarian Group Administration of the Deutsche Reichsbahn, and were conceived as motive power for express trains.

They were initially designated as the Bavarian Class ES 1, before being incorporated into the DRG numbering plan as E 16.

Numbers E 16 11 and E 16 13 were lost in the Second World War, E 16 12 was retired in 1967 after an accident.

On 31 January 1980, the last Class 116 locomotive, number 116 009, was finally retired.

The Brown, Boveri Cie (BBC) was responsible for the designs.