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):
                                  July 11, 2002


                              KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN
                              --------------------
               (Exact name of company as specified in its charter)


         DELAWARE                       1-4717                 44-0663509
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State or other jurisdiction        (Commission file           (IRS Employer
     of incorporation)                   number)          Identification Number)


                427 West 12th Street, Kansas City, Missouri 64105
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               (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)


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


                                 Not Applicable
          (Former name or former address if changed since last report)













ITEM 5. OTHER EVENTS


ADOPTION OF STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING STANDARDS NO. 142.

Effective January 1, 2002, Kansas City Southern ("KCS" or the "Company") adopted
Statement  of  Financial  Accounting  Standards  No.  142,  "Goodwill  and Other
Intangible  Assets" ("SFAS 142").  SFAS 142 provides,  among other things,  that
goodwill  with an  indefinite  life shall no longer be  amortized,  but shall be
evaluated  for  impairment on an annual  basis.  SFAS 142 also requires  various
transitional  disclosures  until all periods presented reflect the provisions of
SFAS 142. These  transitional  disclosures  include the  presentation  of income
before  extraordinary  items,  net income  and  earnings  per share  information
adjusted to exclude  amortization  expense  (including  the  related  income tax
effects) for all periods  presented.  A  reconciliation  of reported income from
continuing  operations to adjusted income from continuing  operations,  reported
income before extraordinary items to adjusted income before extraordinary items,
reported net income to adjusted  net income and  reported  earnings per share to
adjusted earnings per share are presented in the table below.


                                                     Year Ended December 31,
                                                  ------------------------------
                                                     1999      2000       2001
                                                  --------  ---------  ---------
Reported income from continuing operations        $  10.2   $  25.4    $   31.1
Add back: Goodwill amortization                       0.6       0.6         0.6
                                                  --------  ---------  ---------
Adjusted income before extraordinary items        $  10.8   $  26.0    $   31.7
                                                  --------  ---------  ---------


Reported income from discontinued operations      $ 313.1   $ 363.8    $    -
Add back: Goodwill amortization                       9.7       5.7         -
                                                  --------  ---------  ---------
Adjusted income before extraordinary items        $ 322.8   $ 369.5    $    -
                                                  --------  ---------  ---------


Reported income before extraordinary items        $ 323.3   $ 389.2    $   31.1
Add back: Goodwill amortization                      10.3       6.3         0.6
                                                  --------  ---------  ---------
Adjusted income before extraordinary items        $ 333.6   $ 395.5    $   31.7
                                                  --------  ---------  ---------


Reported net income                               $ 323.3   $ 380.5    $   30.7
Add back: Goodwill amortization                      10.3       6.3         0.6
                                                  --------  ---------  ---------
Adjusted net income                               $ 333.6   $ 386.8    $   31.3
                                                  --------  ---------  ---------


Reported diluted earnings per share from
     continuing operations                        $  0.17   $  0.43    $  0.51
Add back: Goodwill amortization                      0.01      0.01       0.01
                                                  --------  ---------  ---------
Adjusted diluted earnings per share from
     continuing operations                        $  0.18   $  0.44    $  0.52
                                                  --------  ---------  ---------

Reported diluted earnings per share from
     discontinued operations                      $  5.40   $  6.14    $    -
Add back: Goodwill amortization                      0.17      0.10         -
                                                  --------  ---------  ---------
Adjusted diluted earnings per share from
     discontinued operations                      $  5.57   $  6.24    $    -
                                                  --------  ---------  ---------

Reported diluted earnings per share - net income  $  5.57   $  6.42    $  0.50
Add back: Goodwill amortization                      0.18      0.11       0.01
                                                  --------  ---------  ---------
Adjusted diluted earnings per share - net income  $  5.75   $  6.53    $  0.51
                                                  --------  ---------  ---------





SIGNATURE

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


                                       Kansas City Southern


Date: July 11, 2002                  By:         /s/  Louis G. Van Horn
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                                                    Louis G. Van Horn
                                             Vice President and Comptroller
                                             (Principal Accounting Officer)