SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                               
                           WASHINGTON, D.C.  20549
                               
                                 FORM 8-K/A
                               
                               
                               CURRENT REPORT
                   Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the 
                       Securities Exchange Act of 1934
                                
              Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):
                                June 3, 1997
                               
                               
                    KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN INDUSTRIES, INC.
             (Exact name of company as specified in its charter)
                                
        DELAWARE                     1-4717                    44-0663509    
 (State or other jurisdiction   (Commission file            (IRS Employer
  of incorporation)                  number)            Identification Number)
 
 
              114 West 11th Street, Kansas City, Missouri 64105
            (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
 
 Provisions included in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995
 provide a "safe harbor" for forward-looking statements.  Kansas City
 Southern Industries, Inc. ("Company") filed a Current Report on Form 8-K
 dated November 12, 1996 (File No. 1-4717), which listed cautionary
 statements identifying significant factors that could cause the Company's
 actual operating results to materially differ from those projected in any
 forward-looking statements, whether oral or written, made by, or on behalf
 of, the Company.  This Amendment expands certain of those cautionary
 statements to reflect changes in the Company's business as included in an
 exhibit hereto.
 
 
 Item 7.  Financial Statements and Exhibits
 
 (c)      Exhibits
    
    Exhibit No.         Document
    (99)            Additional Exhibits
    99.1            An update of certain cautionary statements for
                    purposes of the "safe harbor" provisions of the
                    Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 is
                    attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1
 
 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: June 3, 1997          By:       /s/ Louis G. Van Horn    
                                        Louis G. Van Horn
                                  Vice President and Comptroller
                                  (Principal Accounting Officer)