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):
                                 August 21, 2003


                              KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN
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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 number)      (IRS Employer
    of incorporation)                                    Identification Number)

                427 West 12th Street, Kansas City, Missouri 64105
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               (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)


                Company's telephone number, including area code:
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                                (816) 983 - 1303


                                 Not Applicable
          (Former name or former address if changed since last report)


Item 7.   Financial Statements And Exhibits
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(c)           Exhibits

              EXHIBIT NO.           DOCUMENT

              (99)                  Additional Exhibits

              99.1                  Letter, dated August 21, 2003, from
                                    Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP to
                                    Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCoy LLP attached
                                    hereto as Exhibit  99.1

Item 9.  Regulation FD Disclosure

Kansas City Southern  ("KCS" or  "Company")  is furnishing  under Item 9 of this
Current  Report on Form 8-K the  information  set forth in Exhibit  99.1 to this
Report.  Exhibit 99.1 was sent by Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP, counsel for
the Company, to Milbank,  Tweed, Hadley & McCoy LLP, counsel for Grupo TMM, S.A.
("TMM")  in  response  to TMM's  announcement  on August  18,  2003  that  TMM's
shareholders voted down the Acquisition  Agreement,  dated as of April 20, 2003,
by and among KCS, KARA Sub, Inc., TMM, and TMM Holdings, S.A. de C.V.

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
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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


Date: August 21, 2003               By: /s/ Ronald G. Russ
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                                       Ronald G. Russ
                                       Executive Vice President and
                                       Chief Financial Officer