Class issue

This gives me an error about not recognizing railcar. What am I doing wrong?

Code:

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//
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <fstream>
#include <cmath>
#include <stack>
#include <ctime>
#include <deque>

using namespace std;

//WORKAROUND
        class railcar;
        ostream & operator<<(ostream &, railcar & );
//WORKAROUND



class railcar;

{private:
        string cartype;
        int id;
        int train;

public:
       
        railcar(string c, int i, int t):cartype(c),id(i),train(t) { }
       
        railcar(): cartype(""),id(0),train(0) { };
       
        int idtrain() { return id; }
       
        friend ostream & operator << (ostream &, railcar & r);
       
        typedef long_train deque <railcar *>;

        railcar :: railcar (string c, int i, int t)
        {
          railcar=r;       
          cartype=c;
          id=i;
          train=t;
        }
};

ostream & operator<<(ostream & ostr, railcar & r)

{
        ostr << r.cartype << "  " << r.id << "    " << r.train;
        return ostr;
}



int  ()
{
        ofstream car_file("railcars.txt");
        std::cout << car_file << endl;









return 0;
}

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Originally posted by PunkyBunny300

Code:

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class railcar;

{private:
        string cartype;
        int id;
        int train;

public:
       
        railcar(string c, int i, int t):cartype(c),id(i),train(t) { }
       
        railcar(): cartype(""),id(0),train(0) { };
       
        int idtrain() { return id; }
       
        friend ostream & operator << (ostream &, railcar & r);
       
        typedef long_train deque <railcar *>;

        railcar :: railcar (string c, int i, int t)
        {
          railcar=r;       
          cartype=c;
          id=i;
          train=t;
        }
};

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at the start it should be

Code:

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class railcar
{
...
};

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Hope that helps :)

Whoa! What happened to main?

thats all the declarations before main.

No, I mean:

Code:

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int  ()
{
        ofstream car_file("railcars.txt");
        std::cout << car_file << endl;









return 0;
}

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What happened to main as in "where'd it go"