Train speed

This is for future reference but when my layout is finished I'm planning
on running the train at a very slow continuous speed, letting it creep
through the scene for a period of 4-5 hours for one evening a year (this
is the Halloween layout) and at lesser lengths of time throughout the
year. Question is; is it O.K. to run at low speeds for extended periods
of time? Would it be hard on the loco or transformer or does it make any
difference?

Keeping in mind I'll be using an On30 Bachmann 0-4-0 Porter and maybe a
few cars. No grades are planned (but it would be interesting to know if
I did put grades in, what effect that might have). I haven't got a good
transformer yet but will be testing with an old cheap one for now (don't
remember the brand -it's blue with a single knob).

Any thoughts or advice would be appreciated.

~Brad H. :)

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