The Children’s Investment Fund and 3G, its partner in its battle with CSX, the US railway, appear to have won a major victory after preliminary figures showed four of their five nominees for the company’s board had been elected.

The announcement comes after an acrimonious annual meeting on June 25 after which CSX, the US’s third-largest railway by revenue, announced results were too close to be produced immediately. The preliminary figures were published on Wednesday by IVC Associates, the independent election scrutineer, ahead of the reconvened annual meeting, which take place on July 25.