Securities and Exchange Commission
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM 11-K


                 ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

              For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2002 and 2001

                        Commission File Number: 333-91478


     A. Full title of the plan and the address of the plan,  if  different  from
that of the issuer named below:

           The Kansas City Southern Railway Company Union 401(k) Plan

     B. Name of  issuer  of the  securities  held  pursuant  to the plan and the
address of its principal executive office:

                              Kansas City Southern
                              427 West 12th Street
                        Kansas City, Missouri 64105-1804




                                    CONTENTS


     FINANCIAL STATEMENTS:

          Report of Independent Auditors

          Statement  of Net Assets  Available  for  Benefits  for the Year Ended
          December 31, 2002

          Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits for the Year
          Ended December 31, 2002

          Notes to Financial Statements

     EXHIBIT:

          Exhibit 23 - Consent of KPMG LLP






                        The Kansas City Southern Railway
                            Company Union 401(k) Plan

                 Financial Statements and Supplemental Schedule

                           December 31, 2002 and 2001

                   (With Independent Auditors' Report Thereon)










                        The Kansas City Southern Railway
                            Company Union 401(k) Plan



                                Table of Contents



                                                                            Page

Independent Auditors' Report                                                  1

Financial Statements:
     Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits as of
        December 31, 2002 and 2001                                            2
     Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits
        for the Year ended December 31, 2002                                  3
     Notes to Financial Statements                                            4

Supplemental Schedule*

Schedule H, Line 4i - Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year) -
   December 31, 2002                                                          8


*    Other schedules  required by 29 CFR 2520.103-8 of the Department of Labor's
     Rules and  Regulations  for  Reporting  and  Disclosure  under the Employee
     Retirement  Income  Security Act of 1974 have been omitted because they are
     not applicable.







                          Independent Auditors' Report



The Participants and Plan Administrator of
The Kansas City Southern Railway Company Union 401(k) Plan:


We have audited the accompanying statements of net assets available for benefits
of the Kansas City Southern  Railway  Company Union 401(k) Plan (the Plan) as of
December 31, 2002 and 2001,  and the related  statement of changes in net assets
available  for benefits for the year ended  December 31, 2002.  These  financial
statements are the responsibility of the Plan's  management.  Our responsibility
is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted
in the  United  States of  America.  Those  standards  require  that we plan and
perform the audit to obtain  reasonable  assurance  about  whether the financial
statements are free of material misstatement.  An audit includes examining, on a
test basis,  evidence  supporting  the amounts and  disclosures in the financial
statements.  An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and
significant  estimates  made by  management,  as well as evaluating  the overall
financial  statement  presentation.   We  believe  that  our  audits  provide  a
reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion,  the financial  statements  referred to above present fairly, in
all material  respects,  the net assets available for benefits of the Plan as of
December 31, 2002 and 2001, and the changes in net assets available for benefits
for the year ended December 31, 2002, in conformity with  accounting  principles
generally accepted in the United States of America.

Our audits  were  performed  for the  purpose of forming an opinion on the basic
financial statements taken as a whole. The supplemental  schedule of assets held
for  investment  purposes at year-end is presented for the purpose of additional
analysis and is not a required part of the basic  financial  statements,  but is
supplementary  information  required  by the  Department  of  Labor's  Rules and
Regulations for Reporting and Disclosure  under the Employee  Retirement  Income
Security Act of 1974. This  supplemental  schedule is the  responsibility of the
Plan's management.  The supplemental schedule has been subjected to the auditing
procedures  applied in the audits of the basic financial  statements and, in our
opinion,  is fairly stated, in all material  respects,  in relation to the basic
financial statements taken as a whole.

/s/   KPMG LLP








Kansas City, Missouri
May 30, 2003





                        THE KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN RAILWAY
                            COMPANY UNION 401(k) PLAN
                 Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits
                           December 31, 2002 and 2001

                                                     2002            2001
                                              ----------------- ---------------
Assets:
   Cash and temporary investments                $   2,611
   Investments, at fair value:
      Common stock of Kansas City Southern           9,756              ---
      Money markets                                 39,798           19,771
      Mutual funds                                 351,625          416,933
           Total investments                       401,179          436,704
   Participant contributions receivable                ---            2,650
                                              ----------------- ---------------
      Net assets available for benefits         $  403,790          439,354
                                              ================= ===============

See accompanying notes to financial statements.





                        THE KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN RAILWAY
                            COMPANY UNION 401(k) PLAN
            Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits
                          Year ended December 31, 2002

 Investment income (loss):
    Interest and dividends                                       $    8,568
    Net depreciation in fair value of investments                   (94,136)
                                                            ------------------
         Total investment loss                                      (85,568)

 Participant contributions                                            62,520

 Benefits paid                                                      (12,516)
    Decrease in net assets available for benefits                   (35,564)

 Net assets available for benefits:
    Beginning of year                                                439,354
                                                            ------------------
    End of year                                                   $  403,790
                                                            ==================

See accompanying notes to financial statements.






                        THE KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN RAILWAY
                            COMPANY UNION 401(k) PLAN

                          Notes to Financial Statements

                           December 31, 2002 and 2001



(1)  Description of the Plan

     (a)  General

          The Kansas City Southern  Railway Company Union 401(k) Plan (the Plan)
          is a  participant-directed,  contributory,  defined  contribution plan
          subject to the provisions of the Employee  Retirement  Income Security
          Act of 1974 (ERISA).

          The   following   description   of  the  Plan  provides  only  general
          information.  Participants  should refer to the plan  agreement  for a
          more complete description of the Plan's provisions.

     (b)  Eligibility

          The Plan covers all  full-time  employees of The Kansas City  Southern
          Railway  Company (the Company) who are members of one of the following
          collective bargaining units:  Brotherhood of Railway Carmen,  Division
          of Transportation  Communications  International Union, Brotherhood of
          Railroad Signalmen, Transportation Communications International Union,
          and The National  Conference of Firemen & Oilers. Plan entry dates are
          January 1, April 1, July 1 and October 1 of each year.

          A plan participant that ends his or her membership in any of the above
          collective  bargaining  units is no longer  eligible to make  elective
          deferrals  under the Plan but will  continue  to be  vested  under the
          Plan.

     (c)  Contributions

          Participants  may  contribute  a  portion  of  their  annual  eligible
          compensation,  as  defined  in the Plan,  not to exceed an  individual
          annual maximum  contribution  of $11,000 in 2002. The Company does not
          match participant contributions.



     (d)  Participant Accounts

          Each   participant's   account  is  credited  with  the  participant's
          contribution  and an  allocation  of Plan  earnings net of  investment
          expenses.  Allocations  are based on  participant  earnings or account
          balances,  as set forth in the plan agreement.  The benefit to which a
          participant  is  entitled  is that  which  can be  provided  from  the
          participant's account.

     (e)  Vesting

          Participants are immediately vested in their contributions plus actual
          Plan earnings thereon.

     (f)  Investment Options

          Upon   enrollment  in  the  Plan,  a  participant   may  direct  their
          contributions into any of the various funds offered by the Plan.

          Effective July 1, 2002, the Plan added Kansas City Southern (NYSE:KCS)
          common stock as an investment option.

          Participants  should  refer  to  the  respective  prospectuses  for  a
          description of the investment objective of each fund.

     (g)  Benefits

          Distributions  generally  will  be made in the  event  of  retirement,
          death, disability,  resignation,  or dismissal. A participant's normal
          retirement age is 65. The Plan also provides for  distribution  at age
          59 1/2.

          Distribution  after  termination  of  employment  will  be  made  in a
          lump-sum payment.  Balances not exceeding $5,000 will be paid no later
          than the 60th day  following  the  close of the plan year in which the
          participant  attains normal retirement age. Balances  exceeding $5,000
          will be paid upon the  distribution  date elected by the  participant,
          but no later than the 60th day following the close of the plan year in
          which  the  following  occurs:  (a)  the  participant  attains  normal
          retirement age or (b) the participant's separation from service.



     (h)  Plan Termination

          Although it has  expressed  no intention to do so, the Company has the
          right to terminate the Plan at any time,  subject to the provisions of
          ERISA.  Upon termination of the Plan, the  participants  shall receive
          amounts equal to their respective account balances.

     (i)  Plan Expenses

          Investment  expenses  are paid by the Plan as long as plan  assets are
          sufficient to provide for such expenses.  Administrative  expenses are
          principally paid by the Company.

(2)  Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

     (a)  Basis of Presentation

          The Plan's financial  statements are presented on the accrual basis of
          accounting  and  present the net assets  available  for  benefits  and
          changes in those net  assets.  Benefit  payments to  participants  are
          recorded when paid.

     (b)  Investments

          The fair value of marketable  securities is based upon quotations from
          national  securities  exchanges;  where marketable  securities are not
          listed on an exchange,  quotations are obtained from brokerage  firms.
          Securities  transactions are accounted for on the trade date (the date
          the order to buy or sell is executed).

     (c)  Use of Estimates

          The preparation of financial  statements in conformity with accounting
          principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires
          management to make estimates and assumptions  that affect the reported
          amounts of assets,  liabilities,  and changes in net assets  available
          for benefits. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

     (d)  Reclassifications

          Certain  prior  year  amounts  have been  reclassified  to  conform to
          current year presentation.



(3)  Investments

     Investments,  which exceeded 5% of the net assets available for benefits at
     December 31, 2002 and 2001, were as follows:

                                                          2002           2001
                                                      -----------    -----------

      Dodge & Cox Balanced Fund                       $       -           44,166
      Invesco Stable Value Money Market                    39,796         19,771
      Janus Fund                                           90,427        185,747
      Barclays Global Inv Equity Index Fund                26,826            -
      Janus Strategic Value            Fund                   -           52,338
      MFS Value Fund                                       27,123            -
      Franklin Balance Sheet Investment A                  29,244
      PIMCO Renaissance Fund                               29,791            -
      PIMCO Total Return Administrative Shares Fund        56,806            -
      Washington Mutual Investors Fund                     31,398            -
      Vanguard Index Trust 500 Portfolio                      -          112,255
      Fidelity Advisor Intermediate Bond Fund                 -           22,427
      Other                                                69,768            -
                                                        ---------      ---------
                Total Investments                     $   401,179        436,704
                                                      ===========    ===========


     During  2002,  the  Plan's  investments  (including  gains  and  losses  on
     investments  bought and sold, as well as held during the year)  depreciated
     in value by $94,136 as follows:

                Kansas City Southern common stock      $     (1,502)
                Mutual funds                                (92,634)
                                                       -------------
                                                       $    (94,136)
                                                       =============


(4)  Plan Amendment

     Effective  April 1,  2002,  the Plan was  amended  and  restated  and a new
     trustee,  administrator  and  custodian  of the Plan were  appointed.  Plan
     assets   transferred  to  the  new  trustee  were  transferred  into  funds
     comparable to those offered by the previous custodian or as determined by a
     formal request from each  participant.  The  conversion  initiated a "black
     out" period beginning March 15, 2002, and continued through April 22, 2002.
     During  this  period,  funds  could  not be  withdrawn  from  the  Plan and
     investment  elections  could not be changed  until the  trustee had time to
     accurately   complete  the   conversion.   During  this  period,   employee
     contributions  continued  to be made  through  payroll  deductions  and the
     contributions were deposited.






(5)  Portfolio Risk

     The Plan provides for investments in various  securities  that, in general,
     are exposed to various risks,  such as interest rate,  credit,  and overall
     market  volatility  risks. Due to the level of risk associated with certain
     investment securities, it is reasonably possible that changes in the values
     of investment  securities will occur in the near term and that such changes
     could materially affect the amounts reported in the statement of net assets
     available for benefits.

(6)  Income Tax Status

     The Plan has  received a favorable  determination  letter from the Internal
     Revenue  Service,  dated  August 9, 2002,  indicating  that it is qualified
     under  Section  401(a) of the  Internal  Revenue Code and,  therefore,  the
     related  trust is exempt  from tax  under  Section  501(a) of the  Internal
     Revenue  Code.  The  determination  letter  is  applicable  for  amendments
     executed through December 20, 2001.

     The Company is not aware of any activity or transactions that may adversely
     affect the qualified status of the Plan.







                                                                      Schedule l
                        THE KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN RAILWAY
                            COMPANY UNION 401(k) PLAN
         Schedule H, Line 4i - Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year)
                                December 31, 2002



                                                                                                    
                       Identity                                              Description                   Fair value
----------------------------------------------------  --------------------------------------------------  ---------------
 Common Stock
    *Kansas City Southern common stock                      813 shares, with a fair value of
                                                               $12.00 per share                            $      9,756
 Money Markets
    Barclays Money Market                                   2 shares. with a fair value of
                                                               $1.00 per share                                        2
    Invesco Stable Value                                    39,795.77 shares, with a fair value of
                                                               $1.00 per share                                   39,796
 Mutual Funds
    AIM Small Cap Growth Fund                               740.441 shares, with a fair value of
                                                               $18.48 per share                                  13,683
    Barclays Global Inv Equity Index Fund I                 1,059.46 shares, with a fair value of
                                                               $25.32 per share                                  26,826
    EuroPacific Growth                                      428.533 shares, with a fair value of
                                                               $22.97 per share                                   9,843
    Franklin Balance Sheet Investment A                     788.452 shares, with a fair value of
                                                               $37.09 per share                                  29,244
    Growth Fund of America                                  780.379 shares, with a fair value of
                                                               $18.47 per share                                  14,414
    ING International Value Fund                            532.582 shares, with a fair value of
                                                               $10.29 per share                                   5,480
    Janus Fund                                              5,074.441 shares, with a fair value of
                                                               $17.82 per share                                  90,427
    Janus Twenty Fund                                       64.30 shares, with a fair value of
                                                               $29.01 per share                                   1,865
    MFS Value Fund                                          1,641.852 shares, with a fair value of
                                                               $16.52 per share                                  27,123
    Oppenheimer Quest Balanced Value                        1,165.887 shares, with a fair value of
                                                               12.63 per share                                   14,725
    PIMCO Renaissance                                       2,034.935 shares, with a fair value of
                                                               $14.64 per share                                  29,791
    PIMCO Total Return Administrative Shares                5,323.858 shares, with a fair value of
                                                               $10.67 per share                                  56,806
    Washington Mutual Investors Fund                        1,335.50 shares, with a fair value of
                                                               $23.51 per share                                  31,398
                                                                                                          ---------------
                 Total investments                                                                         $    401,179
                                                                                                          ===============



*Party-in-interest.

See accompanying independent auditors' report.


                                    SIGNATURE


     Pursuant to the  requirements  of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, the
trustees (or other persons who administer  the employee  benefit plan) have duly
caused this annual report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto
duly authorized.



                                   THE KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY
                                   UNION 401(K) PLAN


                                   By  /s/ Eric B. Freestone
                                     ------------------------------------------
                                       Eric B. Freestone
                                       Title:  Vice President Human Resources



Dated June 30, 2003