How the Elizabeth River Trail has beckoned cyclists, runners, brewery goers, otter spotters and more while helping to transform the Norfolk waterfront experience. Community leader Peter Oberle used to run along the abandoned rail spur from West Ghent to the YMCA on Bute in Norfolk. The former city planner and public works employee was in on early discussions between West Ghent and Norfolk Southern to convert the rail company’s abandoned Atlantic City spur into a trail from West Ghent to the former dump site that is now Plum Point Park.