
We bestow our coveted
Web Gem Award on railroad or railway oriented web sites that meet or exceed our minimum criteria and have been recommended by the site's webmaster, the site's users or the users and staff of
TrainNet.org. All railroad or railway oriented sites, personal or corporate, are eligible to receive the
Award. Email your nominations (with the site's title, URL and Webmaster's name & email address) to
Web Gem Team Chief Becky Morgan.
We pledge that all nominated sites will be evaluated in accordance with our published Award standards and that the webmaster of all sites (successful or unsuccessful) will receive a detailed evaluation. The Minimum Criteria for a web site to be selected to receive the Award are 1. Be railroad/railway oriented, either model or prototype; 2. Have an attractive overall appearance; 3. Be reasonably fast loading; 4. Be updated regularly; 5. Be grammatically correct with no misspelled words; 6. Pass the Validity Check by the W3C Markup Validation Service; 7. Stimulate return visits and visitor feedback; and 8. Self-nominated sites must contain a link to either TrainNet.org or the International Railway Links.