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A few things you may want to take into consideration.  1.  The DCC system your free-mo club uses (get the same). 2.  7ft long modules are going to be difficult to transport.  I would instead break it down into three 4ft modules and a 2 ft module if you must have 14 ft.  4ft fits much better in most vehicles.  My own club (Mohegan Pequot) has gone to making all new modules 4ft modules for this very reason.  If you absolutely must have long, go with two 6ft modules and one 2 ft.  Long modules tend also to be somewhat heavier than shorter ones.  I can extend the legs on my 4ft modules and set them up on my own with no assistance.  My three 6ft modules (recently purchased legacy modules from the club) require a minimum of 2 people to set up and 3 people to load into a vehicle.  If you decide to go with 7ft anyway, you are limited in vehicle choices (truck with 8ft bed or full size cargo van).  3.  Width of the modules.  I have not read the Free-mo standard, so I don't know what the width specification is, but transporting (and using) modules over 30" wide gets difficult.  Especially cleaning the tracks on one side or the other, or correcting de-railments (which always happen on the furthest possible track).
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