SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              WASHINGTON, DC 20549

                                    FORM S-8

                        REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE
                             SECURITIES ACT OF 1933


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


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

                114 WEST 11TH STREET, KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI 64105
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               (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)


           THIRTEENTH OFFERING UNDER THE EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
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                            (Full Title of the Plan)

                              Jay M. Nadlman, Esq.
                      Kansas City Southern Industries, Inc.
                114 West 11th Street, Kansas City, Missouri 64105
                                 (816) 983-1384
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    (Name, Address and Telephone, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service)

                                   Copies to:
                              John F. Marvin, Esq.
                               Diane M. Bono, Esq.
                          Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal
                          4520 Main Street, Suite 1100
                           Kansas City, Missouri 64111
                                 (816) 460-2400

                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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  Title of Each                       Proposed       Proposed
     Class of                         Maximum         Maximum
    Securities         Amount         Offering       Aggregate       Amount of
      To be             To be          Price         Offering      Registration
    Registered      Registered(1)     Per Unit         Price          Fee(2)
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   Common Stock       3,000,000        $10.68       $32,040,000       $8,010
($0.01 par value)
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(1)  In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, this
     registration  statement also covers an indeterminate amount of interests to
     be offered or sold pursuant to the employee benefit plan described  herein.
(2)  The amount of the  registration  fee is estimated in accordance  with Rules
     457(c) and  457(h)(1).  For the  purpose of  calculating  the amount of the
     registration  fee, it was assumed that the 3,000,000  shares  available for
     this offering  would be purchased at $10.68 (85% of the average of the high
     and low prices of the  Registrant's  common  stock on  November  7, 2001 as
     reported by the New York Stock Exchange).

                           INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE


     The contents of the Registrant's  registration  statement on Form S-8 (File
No.  33-54168)  are hereby  incorporated  by  reference  into this  registration
statement.

ITEM 8.           EXHIBITS

     The  exhibits  are  listed  in  the  Exhibit  Index  of  this  registration
statement, which Exhibit Index is incorporated herein by reference.





                                   SIGNATURES

     THE REGISTRANT. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933,
the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets
all of the  requirements  for  filing  on  Form  S-8 and has  duly  caused  this
registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,  thereunto
duly authorized,  in the city of Kansas City, state of Missouri,  on November 8,
2001.

                              KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN INDUSTRIES, INC.


                              By:      /S/ M.R. HAVERTY
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                                       Michael R. Haverty
                                       President and Chief Executive Officer

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS,  that each person whose  signature  appears
below constitutes and appoints Michael R. Haverty,  Gerald K. Davies,  Robert H.
Berry  and  Louis G. Van  Horn,  and  each of them,  his or her true and  lawful
attorneys-in-fact   and   agents,   with   full   power  of   substitution   and
resubstitution,  for  him  and in his  name,  place  and  stead,  in any and all
capacities, to sign any or all amendments (including post-effective  amendments)
to this registration statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto,
and other  documents in connection  therewith,  with the Securities and Exchange
Commission,  granting unto said  attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them,
full  power  and  authority  to do and  perform  each and  every  act and  thing
requisite and  necessary to be done in and about the  premises,  as fully to all
intents and  purposes as he might or could do in person,  hereby  ratifying  and
confirming all that said  attorneys-in fact and agents or any of them, or their,
or his substitute or substitutes,  may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.

     Pursuant  to  the   requirements  of  the  Securities  Act  of  1933,  this
registration  statement  has been signed on  November  8, 2001 by the  following
persons in the capacities indicated.

SIGNATURE                              TITLE

                                       Chairman of the Board of Directors;
/S/ M.R. HAVERTY                       President and Chief Executive Officer
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Michael R. Haverty

                                       Senior Vice President and Chief Financial
/S/ ROBERT H. BERRY                    Officer
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Robert H. Berry


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


/S/ A. EDWARD ALLINSON                  Director
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A. Edward Allinson


/S/ MICHAEL G. FITT                     Director
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Michael G. Fitt


/S/ JAMES R. JONES                      Director
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James R. Jones


/S/ LANDON ROWLAND                      Director
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Landon H. Rowland


/S/ RODNEY E. SLATER                    Director
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Rodney E. Slater


/S/ BYRON G. THOMPSON                   Director
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Byron G. Thompson


     THE PLAN.  Pursuant to the  requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
trustees (or other persons who administer  the employee  benefit plan) have duly
caused  this  registration   statement  to  be  signed  on  its  behalf  by  the
undersigned,  thereunto duly  authorized,  in the city of Kansas City,  state of
Missouri, on November 8, 2001.

                           EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN


                           By:      /S/ JAMES R. JONES
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                                 Name:  James R. Jones
                                 Title:    Director, Chairman of the Committee
                                          administering the Plan






                                INDEX TO EXHIBITS


EXHIBIT
   NO.                 DOCUMENT

 4.1      Articles Fourth, Eighth, Eleventh, Twelfth, Thirteenth, Fourteenth and
          Fifteenth of the Registrant's  Restated  Certificate of Incorporation,
          as  amended,  filed as Exhibit  3.1 to the  Registrant's  Registration
          Statement on Form S-4 filed on January 25, 2001 (File No.  333-54262),
          are hereby incorporated by reference as Exhibit 4.1

 4.2      Article I,  Sections 1, 3 and 11 of Article II,  Article V and Article
          VIII of the Registrant's  Bylaws, filed as Exhibit 3.2 to Registrant's
          Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2001 (File No. 1-4717),  are
          hereby incorporated by reference as Exhibit 4.2

 4.3      Rights  Agreement by and between the  Registrant  and Harris Trust and
          Savings  Bank dated as of September  19, 1995,  filed as Exhibit 99 to
          the Registrant's Form 8-A dated October 24, 1995 (File No. 333-54262),
          is hereby incorporated by reference as Exhibit 4.3

 5.1      Opinion of Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal

23.1      Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

23.2      Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers, S.C.

23.3      Consent of Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal (included in Exhibit 5.1)

99        Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended and restated on September 26,
          2001