Erlanger’s Train Depot Park has been a place to see, watch, and play on a vintage 1943 caboose. The train car was non-locomotive for more than 20 years until Wednesday.The caboose was lifted from the railroad track and driven along Interstate 275 to the place it will get a makeover.“The caboose needs a complete renovation. It's rusty and it's going to deteriorate if we weren't going to do something,” Pat Hahn, treasurer of the Erlanger Historical Society, said.The renovation is how the Erlanger Historical Society said they decided to celebrate the organization’s 25th anniversary.While looking for advice on how to restore it, a local rail company offered to take care of it.“Isn't it great, that there are companies out there like Progress Rail that are willing to donate the complete restoration? It really is amazing,” Erlanger Mayor Tyson Hermes said.The restoration required a donation of $40,000-60,000. The Historical Society said they still need an additional $20,000.The "Save our Caboose" fund will pay the cost of hauling the train back and forth and making it a more kid-friendly museum piece.The restoration will take about a month, with additional efforts by the society wrapping up in about a year.To donate to the Save Our Caboose fund, click on the link: erlangerhistoricalsociety.orgThe Museum at Depot Park is open Tuesday and Thursday from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m. and Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.