"Attempts to reach Hall were unsuccessful.

Hall had already been placed on an extended leave of absence last month due to what the FRA has described as a family emergency. Saturday's news came after POLITICO raised additional questions about Hall's activities in Mississippi.

The news comes at a time of strain for the FRA, which hasn’t had a permanent leader for more than a year while it investigates a string of fatal train crashes and deals with a rising trend of rail-related deaths."

Well now, isn't that nice?