The track, road, or bridge, and the equipment and appurtenances thereunto belonging, of any railroad, street railway, plank road, gravel road, logging road, turnpike, or bridge company, or of any person or corporation owning and using any such track, road, or bridge as one of the facilities for the transaction of its business, when such track, road, or bridge lies wholly within one county, shall be assessed in the county, municipality, or district where such track, road, or bridge and the appurtenances thereto are located. This chapter shall not apply to the property of any railroad company in this state whose property is assessed for the purposes of taxation by the Department of Revenue.
SDCL 10-5-2