Exhibit 23.1
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
The Board of Directors and Stockholders Kansas City Southern:
We consent to the use of our report dated February 9, 2011 with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of Kansas City Southern and subsidiaries (the Company) as of December 31, 2010 and 2009 and the related consolidated statements of income, stockholders’ equity and comprehensive income, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2010, and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2010, incorporated herein by reference, and to the reference to our firm under the heading “Experts” in the prospectus.
/s/ KPMG LLP
Kansas City, Missouri
November 21, 2011