Exhibit 10.16.1

                        AMENDMENT TO EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

        THIS AMENDMENT to Employment Agreement, made and entered into as of
January 1, 2001, by and among The Kansas City Southern Railway Company, a
Missouri corporation ("Railway"), Kansas City Southern Industries, Inc., a
Delaware corporation ("KCSI") and Larry O. Stevenson, an individual
("Executive").

        WHEREAS, Railway, KCSI and Executive have heretofore entered into an
Employment Agreement, as amended and restated as of January 1, 1999 (the
"Agreement"); and

        WHEREAS, the Agreement makes reference in several places to Kansas City
Southern Lines, Inc. or to KCSL (either of which being referred herein as
"KCSL") which prior to January 1, 2001, was the wholly-owned subsidiary of KCSI
and the sole shareholder of Railway; and

        WHEREAS, KCSL was administratively merged into KCSI as of December 31,
2000, and thereby ceased existence as a separate entity.

        NOW, THEREFORE, it is agreed by and among Railway, KCSI and Executive as
follows:

        1.      Effective as of January 1, 2001, each and every reference to
"Kansas City Southern Lines, Inc." or to "KCSL" or "KCSL's" which appear in the
Whereas clause and in paragraphs 3, 4(c)(ii), 7(b), 7(d)(ii) and (iii) and 7(e)
of the Agreement is deleted, and, where necessary, the conjunctive phrases
contained in each such clause or paragraph are appropriately modified consistent
with the deletion of each such reference.

        2.      Effective as of January 1, 2001, the final sentence of paragraph
7(d) of the Agreement is deleted.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Amendment as
of the 1st day of January, 2001.

                                    THE KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY

                                    By         /s/ Michael R. Haverty
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                                          Michael R. Haverty, President & CEO

                                    KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN INDUSTRIES, INC.

                                    By         /s/ Michael R. Haverty
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                                          Michael R. Haverty, President & CEO

                                    EXECUTIVE

                                               /s/ Larry O. Stevenson
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                                                 Larry O. Stevenson