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):
                                 January 7, 2002


                      KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN INDUSTRIES, INC.
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               (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)


                114 West 11th 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 7.     Financial Statements and Exhibits

(c)         Exhibits

            Exhibit No.                         Document

            (99)                                Additional Exhibits

            99.1                                Press Release issued by Kansas
                                                City Southern Industries, Inc.
                                                dated January 7, 2002 entitled,
                                                "KCSI to Release Fourth Quarter
                                                and Year End 2001 Earnings" is
                                                attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1


Item 9.     Regulation FD Disclosure

Kansas City Southern Industries,  Inc. ("KCSI" or "Company") is furnishing under
Item 9 of this Current  Report on Form 8-K the  information  included as Exhibit
99.1 to this report.  Exhibit 99.1 is the KCSI news  release,  dated  January 7,
2002,  announcing the date,  time and other relevant  information  regarding the
Company's  fourth  quarter  and  year end  meeting  and  conference  call of its
financial results for the three months and year ended December 31, 2001.

The information  included in this Current Report on Form 8-K,  including Exhibit
99.1, is furnished  pursuant to Item 9 and shall not be deemed to be "filed" for
the purposes of Section 18 of the  Securities  Exchange Act of 1934 or otherwise
subject to the liabilities of that Section.



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 Industries, Inc.


Date: January 9, 2002                       By: /s/  Louis G. Van Horn
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                                                     Louis G. Van Horn
                                              Vice President and Comptroller
                                              (Principal Accounting Officer)





EXHIBIT 99.1
                                                          Date: January 7, 2002


Kansas City Southern              Media Contact:  William Galligan 816/983-1551
Industries, Inc.                  e-mail:         william.h.galligan@kcsr.com
114 West 11th Street
Kansas City, MO  64105

NYSE Symbol: KSU

KCSI to Release Fourth Quarter and Year End 2001 Earnings

Kansas City  Southern  Industries  (KCSI)  today  announced  that it will report
earnings  for Fourth  Quarter  and Year 2001 on  January  31,  2002,  before the
opening  of  trading  on The New York  Stock  Exchange.  KCSI  will also hold an
Earnings Presentation at the Morgan Chase Building,  located at 270 Park Avenue,
11th Floor, Conference Room C, at 1:00 EST on January 31, 2002. Shareholders and
other  interested  parties  who are not able to attend in person are  invited to
listen to the presentation via the telephone. To listen, call 800/289-0436, code
#579143,  at least  ten  minutes  prior to the  start of the  presentation.  The
accompanying  slides to the  presentation  can be accessed  on the KCSI  website
(www.kcsi.com) on the morning of January 31, 2002. Additionally, a replay of the
presentation will be available by calling 888/203-1112, code #579143. The replay
will be available for one week.