EXHIBIT 23.2

                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS


We  hereby  consent  to the  incorporation  by  reference  in this  Registration
Statement  on Form S-8 of our report  dated  February  16, 2001  relating to the
consolidated financial statements of Grupo Transportacion  Ferroviaria Mexicana,
S.A. de C.V.,  which appears in Kansas City Southern  Industries,  Inc.'s Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2000.



/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers, S.C.
Mexico, D.F.
November 9, 2001