SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              WASHINGTON, DC 20549

                                    FORM 8-A

                FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES
                   PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(B) OR 12 (G) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


                      KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN INDUSTRIES, INC.
             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

         Delaware                                            44-0663509
(State or Other Jurisdiction                                 (IRS Employer
of Incorporation or Organization)                            Identification No.)

114 West 11th Street
Kansas City, Missouri                                        64105
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)                     (Zip Code)

     If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities  pursuant
to  Section  12(b) of the  Exchange  Act and is  effective  pursuant  to General
Instruction A.(c), check the following box. [X]

     If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities  pursuant
to  Section  12(g) of the  Exchange  Act and is  effective  pursuant  to General
Instruction A.(d), check the following box. [ ]

     Securities  Act  registration  statement  file  number  to which  this form
relates: 333-61006.

     Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

                                            Name of each exchange on
   TITLE OF EACH CLASS TO BE SO REGISTERED  WHICH EACH CLASS IS TO BE REGISTERED
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            Corporate Units                 New York Stock Exchange

   Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

                                      None
                                (Title of Class)






ITEM 1.      DESCRIPTION OF REGISTRANT'S SECURITIES TO BE REGISTERED.

     The description of the Registrant's Corporate Units (the "Corporate Units")
to be  registered  hereunder is  incorporated  by  reference to the  description
included under the caption  "Description  of Stock Purchase  Contracts and Stock
Purchase  Units  in  the  Registrant's   Registration   Statement  on  Form  S-3
(Registration No.  333-61006) filed with the Securities and Exchange  Commission
on May 16, 2001, as amended and declared  effective on June 5, 2001 (as the same
may be amended  from time to time,  the  "Registration  Statement"),  and to the
description  included in the  preliminary  prospectus  supplement  for Mandatory
Convertible Units filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(5) on June 7, 2001. For purposes
of  such  description,   any  further  prospectus  supplement  relating  to  the
Registration Statement filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, which purports to describe the Corporate Units shall be deemed
to be incorporated herein by reference.

ITEM 2.      EXHIBITS.

1.   Form  of  Indenture  for  the  senior  notes  to be  issued  as part of the
     Corporate  Units,  filed as Exhibit 4.2 to the Registration  Statement,  is
     incorporated herein by reference.

2.   Form of Note,  included  as  Exhibit A to Exhibit  4.2 to the  Registration
     Statement, is incorporated herein by reference.

3.   Form  of  Purchase   Contract   Agreement   between  Kansas  City  Southern
     Industries,  Inc.  ("KCSI")  and the  Purchase  Contract  Agent to be named
     therein,  filed as Exhibit 4.7 to KCSI's  Current  Report on Form 8-K filed
     with  the  Securities  and  Exchange   Commission  on  June  18,  2001,  is
     incorporated herein by reference.

4.   Form of Corporate  Unit  Certificate,  included as Exhibit A of the Form of
     Purchase Contract Agreement,  filed as Exhibit 4.7 to KCSI's Current Report
     on Form 8-K filed with the Securities  and Exchange  Commission on June 18,
     2001, is incorporated herein by reference.

5.   Form of Pledge  Agreement  among KCSI, the Collateral  Agent,  and the Unit
     Agent,  each to be named  therein,  filed as Exhibit 4.10 to KCSI's Current
     Report on Form 8-K filed with the  Securities  and Exchange  Commission  on
     June 18, 2001, is incorporated herein by reference.

6.   Form of Remarketing  Agreement among KCSI, the Purchase  Contract Agent and
     the Remarketing  Agent, each to be named therein,  filed as Exhibit 4.11 to
     KCSI's  Current  Report on Form 8-K filed with the  Securities and Exchange
     Commission on June 18, 2001, is incorporated herein by reference.







                                   SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the  requirements of Section 12 of the Securities  Exchange Act
of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed
on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized.


                                     KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN INDUSTRIES, INC.



Date:  June 18, 2001                 By:      /S/ LOUIS G. VAN HORN
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                                     Name:    Louis G. Van Horn
                                     Title:   Vice President and Comptroller