Any conveyance or lease, deed of trust, mortgage, or satisfaction thereof made by any railroad in connection with the sale, lease or purchase of the whole or any part of its road within this state to or from another railroad may be executed and acknowledged in the same manner as conveyances of real property by corporations and may be recorded in the Office of the Secretary of State, who shall specify the day and hour of reception and the volume and page where recorded, which is evidence of such facts.
SDCL 49-16A-117