Welcome Gene - I joined about 4 months ago, and my story is similar. HO from childhood until last year with "breaks", dabbled in N in the mid 90's. Got started in O about 1 year ago. I have just been acquiring trains.
Hope to start a layout soon. Currently living in a 1 bedroom apartment, but it has a large living room, 20' long if I don't need to access the closet. So you may have inspired me to get going. Please provide basic Information on your layout size and construction used. Think I could do something similar, could build with removable legs for if I move.
See, your first post an you are contributing already!
Thanks - Jim