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Ok here goes, Berkshire were great engines but with one slight flaw, they weren't USRA Standardized. The Mikado's being USRA Standardized were favored for that reason alone by most railroads. Take a mike into a yard, if ti needed repairs, you could just snag a piece off a severe downed Engine if the part wasn't in stock. Take a Berkshire into a Yard and expect a long wait for the part if you didn't have one in stock. Hence, when it came between buying a Mike or a Berk, most would choose the Mike, but some bought the Berk, since sometimes it was cheaper and some Lines Didn't want to fork the money out for a Mike.
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