Nikkormat FTN, Nikon F2, several Nikon prime lens (50mm 1.4 and 2.0), 135mm 3.5, 28mm 2.8, and yes, the Spiratone 400mm. I can't even remember the brand of the flash, but it used the shoulder carry battery pack. The battery would last forever, and the flash recycled in about 2 seconds. Made it great for weddings.

My go to bag for the last forty years has been the Tough Traveler (www.toughtraveler.com). My first one was purchased in 1979 and is still going strong. I can easily carry to bodies with lenses attached, flash, several extra lenses, plus four exterior pockets carry all sorts of things that photographers like. (I carried two Hasselblads with lenses attached plus wide angle and telephoto lenses and angle grips with flash equipment) I bought my second one about 13 years ago, and there were some modifications. They added an aluminum "roll" bar that easily slips in or out, but does add some extra security from being crushed. The model I have is CAMERA BAG #481 (Custom Order Only), and I noticed that they are showing it as sold out. As I recall, it was around $200, but in my opinion worth ever penny. Changing over to DSLR equipment, I can easily cary two bodies with lenses, plus everything else you can imagine. Even though it is large, it is still within carry-on size requirements. There are dual top zippers that give access to the camera bodies, or lenses and accessories, and there are additional zippers that open small pockets on each side of the main compartments with foam padding where I store things like maps, zip ties, you name it. The four other external pockets hold lots of goodies like batteries, memory cards, sync cords, or transmitter/receiver devices (firewire for example). There is a shoulder strap, and a center handle, balanced to the middle of the bag, and tripod carrying straps under the bag. It is not a backpack, but I have found it far more accessible than the backpacks. I can have it on my shoulder, and get to everything I need very quickly. Photographers like pockets, and inside the two main compartments, there are small pouches around the edge that are great for stashing filters, lens cleaning cloths, memory cards, etc. I have travelled all over the world with my Tough Traveler bags, and haven't found anything better.
https://toughtraveler.com/collections/camera-bags/products/camera-bag-481-custom-order-only

They do have lots of other camera bags to choose from, but this is my favorite. (I do have one of their smaller bags for short weekend trips). Check out the website, and look at all they have.

Hyperfocal distance is more about a technique than a setting. Hyperfocal distance is setting the focus of the lens to the point that gives you the greatest range depending on the aperture you are using. News photographers, paparazzi, etc., would set their camera's aperture then set the focus manually to be at the 1/3 forward, 2/3 back. They can swing their cameras up and fire rapidly and as long as they are within the range of focus, they can count on their subject being in focus. Keep in mind that this technique was used primarily before the development of auto focus lenses.
For example, on any given day, with the exposure being 1/250 at f:8, they might set their focus to twenty feet. Everything they shoot that is within the distance of ~12 feet to ~35 feet will be in focus. This is a hypothetical example, and years ago (pre totally auto lenses) lenses actually showed that range depending on the f stop you were using (unfortunately, modern auto everything lenses no longer show those focus ranges). The wider the aperture, the less range of focus you would have. The smaller the aperture, the greater the range. When people refer to depth of field, they are looking at the entire range of forward of the actual focus to somewhere behind that actual focus point.

Good luck with your developing. The latent images on "old" film do tend to fade with age. Even correctly processed can't necessarily save the pictures.

I haven't read everyone of the posts here, but I definitely agree with everything that's been said. Wide lens, ride the open car, go both ways on the train, take a jacket, etc., etc.

One other thing. The cinders that fly back into the open car will leave melted spots on anything you are wearing, especially polyester. You might want to take an "old" long sleeve shirt to put over any coat or jacket that you're wearing. Nobody will be looking at what you are wearing! They will be too busy taking in the breathtaking scenery!

Enjoy the trip. We've done it twice and it was fabulous! Check out the Rochester Hotel. A little pricy, but a great hotel with a movie theme, and a wonderful breakfast (included).

I did have the opportunity to work along side Eddie Adams for a couple of days. (Pulitzer Prize winner for his photograph in Viet Nam). He had an uncanny ability to be at the right place at the right moment.

I was also able to work along side White House photographers...Ollie Atkins and others for three years.

I have used Ravensburger and been very pleased. They offer several sizes like 250 pieces, 500, 1000 and 1500 pieces puzzles. The quality is very good, and they ship in a tin box with the picture on the front. Turnaround is usually less than 5-7 days.
There other companies I have found (Shutterfly) that make custom puzzles, but the Ravensburger quality is hard to beat.