found: Phone call to Alaska Railroad, 3/9/87(In 1985 the federally-owned Alaska Railroad was transferred to the state of Alaska and became Alaska Railroad Corporation)
found: U.S. govt. manual, 1986/87(Under Alaska Railroad: founded 1914 as Alaska Engineering Commission; on 6/8/23 name changed to Alaska Railroad; between 1915 and 1966 under Interior Dept.; from 1966 to 1985 under Transportatin Dept.; in 15/85 transferred to state of Alaska control)