How do you create reusable Animations in Angular 2

One possible way is to put animation trigger code in separate file and export it as const variable and use it in component as below.

animations.ts

import { trigger, state, style, transition, animate } from '@angular/core';

export const slideIn = trigger('slideIn', [
  state('*', style({
    transform: 'translateX(100%)',
  })),
  state('in', style({
    transform: 'translateX(0)',
  })),
  state('out',   style({
    transform: 'translateX(-100%)',
  })),
  transition('* => in', animate('600ms ease-in')),
  transition('in => out', animate('600ms ease-in'))
]);

album-display.component.ts

import { slideIn } from './animations'; // path to your animations.ts file

@Component({
    //moduleId: module.id,
    selector: 'album-display',
    templateUrl: './albumDisplay.html',
    animations: [
      slideIn
    ]
})
export class AlbumDisplay implements OnInit {
    slideInState="in";
    ...
}