Unbelievably complicated board game

We love Ivor the Engine in this house.  That's why we got this board game.  But it took us over half an hour to set it up, and then I had to read the 2 page instructions/rules for how to take-a-turn...  So we gave up.  We may come back to it another day.  The 5 yr old expressed that maybe we could try it again when she was 6 or 7 - I didn't disagree.