EX-23.1 5 c53989exv23w1.htm EX-23.1 exv23w1
Exhibit 23.1
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
The Board of Directors and Stockholders
Kansas City Southern:
We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statements (Nos. 033-50517, 033-50519, 033-64511, 333-69060, 333-91993, 333-73122, 333-58250, 333-51854, 333-91478, 333-126207, 333-154793, and 333-164240) on Form S-8 and (No. 333-155601) on Form S-3 of Kansas City Southern of our report dated February 11, 2010, with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of Kansas City Southern as of December 31, 2009 and 2008, and the related consolidated statements of income, changes in equity and comprehensive income, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2009, and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2009, which reports appear in the December 31, 2009 annual report on Form 10-K of Kansas City Southern.
/s/ KPMG LLP
Kansas City, Missouri
February 11, 2010