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I'd say to suspend track planning on a basement empire - consider building a small switching layout for the time being, you can get a good layout on a couple of 4ftx2ft boards that will (with some careful design) bolt together to form a solid box for your planned move (fit backscenes that will form the sides, and build a pair of frames that will bolt to each end to hold the boards together with the scenic parts inside). Afterwards, you can add them to your new layout. This will enable you to put your time to good use fitting decoders, building and adjusting stock, etc. Does your club run DCC? If so, you'll be able to run your locos there too. <br /> <br />You could also consider storing the HO equipment and concentrating on the N for the time being - I saw an amazing German N layout today in a magazine, it managed to offer twin-track mainline (and a loco depot with roundhouse and turntable) along with plenty of staging behind in an area of 6ftx4ft. This wouldn't be too hard to adapt to a scene in the USA - just lose the overhead wires, maybe change the roundhouse for an industrial scene. The finished product looked very professional with full backscenes around the scenic area (there was a shaped cutout at the front to allow viewing) and wouldn't look out of place outside a dedicated train room. Hope there's some useful ideas here!
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