Spent fours years stationed there (actually, 60 miles NW of Minot near the village of Bowbells but about 70 feet underground) in the late 60's - early 70's. Great town back then. No idea what it's like now after the Bakken Oil Boom. Winters a bit nippy, but as we used to say "Why not Minot?" But I digress...
That pictures page indicates it was born a CN unit and later did VIA work as well before getting transferred to KCS to be used as the "Southern Belle".