UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM 8-K

                             CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT
                          TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported)              JUNE 18, 2001
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                      KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN INDUSTRIES, INC.
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             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

         DELAWARE                   1-4717                     44-0663509
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(State or other jurisdiction  (Commission File Number)   (IRS Employer
of incorporation)                                         Identification No.)

                114 WEST 11TH STREET, KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI 64105
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               (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

       Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (816)-983-1303

                                 NOT APPLICABLE
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          (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)






ITEM 5.      OTHER EVENTS.

     In May 2001, Kansas City Southern  Industries,  Inc. (the "Company") filed,
pursuant  to  Rule  415  under  the  Securities  Act  of  1933  (the  "Act"),  a
registration  statement  on Form S-3  (Registration  No.  333-61006),  which was
declared  effective  on June 5,  2001.  On June 7,  2001,  the  Company  filed a
Preliminary  Prospectus  Supplement relating to the offering of 4,600,000 of the
Company's Mandatory  Convertible Units and a Preliminary  Prospectus  Supplement
relating to the offering of 4,000,000  shares of the Company's  common stock. In
this  connection,  the Company is filing  certain  exhibits as part of this Form
8-K. See "Item 7. Exhibits."


ITEM 7.      FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.

(a)      Financial Statements:  None

(b)      Pro Forma Financial Information:  None

(c)      Exhibits

     The  following  exhibits  are  filed  with  reference  to the  Registration
Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-61006) of the Company:

EXHIBIT NO.            DESCRIPTION
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1.1           Form of Underwriting Agreement for the Mandatory Convertible Units

1.2           Form of Underwriting Agreement for the Common Stock

4.7           Form of Purchase Contract Agreement between the Company and the
              Purchase Contract Agent named therein

4.8           Form of Corporate Units Certificate (included as Exhibit A to
              Exhibit 4.7)

4.9           Form of Treasury Units Certificate (included as Exhibit B to
              Exhibit 4.7)

4.10          Form of Pledge Agreement among the Company, the Collateral Agent
              and the Purchase Contract Agent each named therein

4.11          Form of Remarketing Agreement among the Company, the Purchase
              Contract Agent and the Remarketing Agent each named therein

5.1           Opinion of Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal regarding the legality of
              the securities

8.1           Opinion of Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal regarding tax matters
              with respect to the Mandatory Convertible Units

8.2           Opinion of Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal regarding tax matters
              with respect to the Common Stock

23.3          Consent of Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal (included in Exhibits
              5.1, 8.1 and 8.2)

25.1          Statement of Eligibility of Trustee on Form T-1 under the Trust
              Indenture Act of 1939





                                    SIGNATURE

     Pursuant to the  requirements  of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


                                     KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN INDUSTRIES, INC.



                                     By:      /S/ LOUIS G. VAN HORN
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                                              Louis G. Van Horn
                                              Vice President and Comptroller

Date:  June 18, 2001






                                  EXHIBIT INDEX


EXHIBIT NO.            DESCRIPTION
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1.1           Form of Underwriting Agreement for the Mandatory Convertible Units

1.2           Form of Underwriting Agreement for the Common Stock

4.7           Form of Purchase Contract Agreement between the Company and the
              Purchase Contract Agent named therein

4.8           Form of Corporate Units Certificate (included as Exhibit A to
              Exhibit 4.7)

4.9           Form of Treasury Units Certificate (included as Exhibit B to
              Exhibit 4.7)

4.10          Form of Pledge Agreement among the Company, the Collateral Agent
              and the Purchase Contract Agent each named therein

4.11          Form of Remarketing Agreement among the Company, the Purchase
              Contract Agent and the Remarketing Agent each named therein

5.1           Opinion of Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal regarding the legality of
              the securities

8.1           Opinion of Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal regarding tax matters
              with respect to the Mandatory Convertible Units

8.2           Opinion of Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal regarding tax matters
              with respect to the Common Stock

23.3          Consent of Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal (included in Exhibits
              5.1, 8.1 and 8.2)

25.1          Statement of Eligibility of Trustee on Form T-1 under the Trust
              Indenture Act of 1939